For the first time in Chile , an intact skull and tusks of a giant
primitive elephant that died up to two million years ago have been discovered
beside a river in Padre Hurtaldo, near the capital Santiago
Mastodons were around the same size as modern
elephants, but were much more heavily muscled and had furry coats to protect them
from cold. Unlike mastodons which used
to eat shoots and leaves, mammoths were grazers. Both species appear to have survived until
just a few thousand years ago and early humans would have been familiar with
them.
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